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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wong Hee, San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijit Phanse, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/46 ; H04B 1/700 ; H04Q 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/46 ; H04B 1/700 ; H04Q 1/20 ;
Abstract
A closed feedback loop controls the slicing, or detecting, of an incoming data signal. Detected signal information about the positive and negative peaks of the incoming data signal is processed to generate positive and negative peak reference signals which serve as reference signal levels for establishing the thresholds at which signal slicing takes place.